hüsnüniyet
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish حسن نیت, from Persian حسن نیت (hosn-e-niyyat), from Arabic حُسْن (ḥusn) and نِيَّة (niyya), equivalent to hüsn + niyet.
Noun
hüsnüniyet (definite accusative hüsnüniyeti, plural hüsnüniyetler)
- good faith, good intentions
Related terms
- hüsn
- hüsnühâl
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “hüsnüniyet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2023
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “hüsn”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN